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Re: Carving versus Painting
Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2009 10:30 pm
by DemonSlayerMau
Hey too bad you couldn't find some "little Pumpkins" for "Little Halloween" Pumpkin Man.
I'm thinking about getting some jack be littles this year. But I never carve them. I'm afraid I would stab right through the pumpkin if I tried.
Although I suppose it wouldn't hurt to try, but I think the little ones are too cute to carve.
Re: Carving versus Painting
Posted: Tue Sep 29, 2009 9:23 am
by adrian
i can't wait for my first little halloween
i'm excited
what a great idea
Re: Carving versus Painting
Posted: Tue Oct 06, 2009 4:36 pm
by Pumpkin_Man
DemonSlayer, I couldn't either carve or paint a 'jack-be-little' on my best day, but my older sister can turn any unsuspecting inanimant object into a work of art. She used an exact-o knife and carved a really cute face on a 'jack-be-little' for my youngest niece. As it stands, I can barely carve a regular sized or a large pumpkin. Forget about painting anything, unless it's a wall and it's all one color (narf narf)
Adrien, I celeberate "Little Halloween" every time the 13th of the month falls on a Friday. Friday the 13t, IMHO is "Little Halloween," and I celebrate with one of my plastic jack o'lanterns and a horror flick on the DVD player, or if there's something good at the local movie theatre, I may go to the movies. The next and last "Little Halloween" for this year (2009) is on Friday November 13th. There's only one "Little Halloween in 2010. That's Friday August 13th. But rest assured, I will be watchign a horror movie and will have one of my plastic pumpkins greeting the day. Also, during the Summer time, I'm off on Fridays. I work 10 hour days for 4 days a week, so I'm still full time, yet I'm off for 3 days every weekend, so while it may be the only "Little Halloween" in 2010, at leas I'll have the entire day to enjoy.
Mike
Re: Carving versus Painting
Posted: Tue Oct 06, 2009 4:55 pm
by adrian
i remember
you were the one who told me about this neat little celebration
Re: Carving versus Painting
Posted: Fri Oct 09, 2009 3:18 pm
by Pumpkin_Man
My late brother was as passionate about Christmas as I am about Halloween. Every time is snowed, it didn't matter whether it was an early spring s now in March or April, or a late Fall snow in November, if it snowed, it was time to break out the Christmas records. One time when he had moved back in with us, I got home from school, and Christmas music was playing. It was mid March, but the snow was flying, and we got out early. I thought it was hokey, but my brother and his little ones loved it. That's when I decided to start celebrating "Little Halloween" on Friday the 13th. One time, it was another snowy day in March, and the 13th happened to fall on a friday. I don't remeber the year. Anyway, I put up a Halloween decoration by my stereo and rented a couple of classic horror movies. Over at my brothers hosue, (they had moved back out at this point) Christmas music was booming from his stereo, and over in the basement of the hosue where I was living, horror movies and a Halloween decoration was being observed.
Mike
Re: Carving versus Painting
Posted: Fri Oct 09, 2009 9:36 pm
by shanda
Little Halloween sounds fun. I am so busy though, I would forget. I do, however watch every scary movie on T.V. any time of year. I never miss Ghost Hunters either.
As for painting or carving. I do both. I love painting early in Oct. I can use a sharpie or Paint a great web and stick a spider on. They don't rot that way. On Halloween, I simply turn it around or wash off the paint and cut my design. I paint and draw as a hobby, so this is a creative outley for me. It also lets me enjoy real pumpkins longer.
I like the idea of painting a jack all black. I have used the white pumpkins often. They make great spooky faces. We cut one last year to look like Jack Skellington. Great.